1984                             Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 704

erties shown or recommended on the Patuxent River Watershed
plan for the public purposes designated thereon. The Department
budget request shall itemize the Patuxent River watershed land ac-
quisition program of each county, or its duly designated agency,
showing the total acreage proposed to be acquired during the com-
ing fiscal year, together with an estimate of the funds to be made
available by each county for such acquisition.

411P. Agreements between Director and counties.

The Director of the Department of Forests and Parks shall have
the authority to enter into agreements, with the respective counties
affected hereby, and/or their duly designated agencies, for the ac-
quisition of land or other property to accomplish the purposes of
this subtitle. The Director may obligate the Department to [pay]
reimburse the county for up to fifty per centum (50%) of the cost of
the land or other properties, plus fifty per centum (50%) of the nor-
mal costs of acquisition thereof; provided, however, that funds have
been appropriated, and sufficient funds are on hand to meet the
obligation of the Department under such agreements.

411R. Levy of annual special property tax.

The county commissioners of the counties affected hereby are au-
thorized to levy an annual special tax for the benefit of and on
behalf of the Patuxent River watershed acquisition program, upon
all of the property within the respective counties now, or in the fu-
ture, assessed for county taxation purposes. The county commis-
sioners are authorized to allocate the aggregate amount collected
by said tax to their own Patuxent River watershed acquisition pro-
gram, or to pay the aggregate amount collected by said tax to their
duly designated agency under the provisions of this subtitle for the
agency's Patuxent River Watershed acquisition program. The pro-
ceeds of the tax shall be expended by the county commissioners, or
their duly designated agencies, only within the counties wherein the
tax was collected, for the acquisition of lands and other property
shown on the Patuxent River watershed plan as recommended to
be purchased for the protection of the watershed. The proceeds of
the tax shall be expended on a 50-50 matching basis with the De-
partment of Forests and Parks, [fifty per centum (50%) of the cost
of the land and other property plus fifty per centum (50%) of the
normal costs of acquisition to be paid by the Department of Forests
and Parks as provided for in this subtitle.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.

Approved May 21, 1970.

CHAPTER 704
(House Bill 781)

AN ACT to add new Section 700D to Article 27 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement Volume, 1969 Supplement),
title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Places of Reformation